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Laying Foundations for Change - #GivingWhileLiving
This month Harriett and I attended the Atlantic Philanthropies’ Laying Foundations for Change panel, hosted by Koda Capital. Peter Hoj and Peter Coaldrake, Vice Chancellors of UQ and QUT respectively, Allan English, the 2014 Philanthropy Leader of the Year, and Chris Oechsli, the President and CEO of Atlantic…
Author: Strategic Grants
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Donor Bequeaths Philanthropy Template
By Rachel Lebihan The nation’s most generous benefactor of university and medical research, Irish American Charles Feeney, is pulling out of Australia in line with plans to wind down his charitable trust by 2016. The Atlantic Philanthropies will close its office in Sydney by July…
Author: The Australian Financial Review
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Charlie hunting millionaire angels
by Daryl Passmore AUSTRALIA’S biggest philanthropist will recruit some of Queensland’s richest people for a “committee of angels” to raise tens of millions of dollars a year for charity. KEEPS ON GIVING: American billionaire and philanthropist Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney. PIC. Rob Maccoll Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld)…
Author: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
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Super cities are not just rocket science
We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia’s most liveable cities and among the world’s top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…
Author: The Australian
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Charles Feeney to receive Cornell Icon of the Industry Award
Ithaca, NY – Charles F. Feeney, co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers (DFS) and founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies, will receive the 2010 Icon of the Industry Award from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration (SHA) at a gala dinner in New York City…
Author: Cornell University